Friday, 22 July 2011

TO THE LAST STALK

I must say that I'm one of those lucky girls who gets afresh bunch flowers every now and then, I got a quiteromantic fella. (And he likes the hugs and kisses.)As we all know, flowers don't last forever, but I wantthem to make this home look even prettier for as longas they possible can.When I see them get sad I don't throw them away, Ido throw the very sad ones away (in the compost, ofcourse) but the rest I try to salvage.After all these years hunting vintage in charity shopsand car boot sales I've managed to snag some neat oldvases in various sizes, which makes this flower salvagething even more fun.

Here's what makes our home look pretty at this verymoment...

Chrysanthemum and Carnations cut in different heightsto make it look all lush and plenty.Here in a 1960's vase. Find from August 2010.

Carnations cut down to the very last centimeter of thestalk the ones in the middle has got a bit longer stalk.Here in a 1930's dessert bowl. Find from December 2009.

Here's a beautiful exotic bunch I got the other day andit's really brightening up our kitchen table at the moment.You can't really see it but I put them in a big Fiesta Warepitcher. Find from January 2011.

WHO IS MISS RASCAL?

I'm a Jewish dame from Sweden who got swept off my feet by a brown eyed handsome man (musician, of course) and ended up here in the UK almost 8 years ago. I'm obsessed with the 1940's
and 1950's, my home is filled to the brim with goodies from that era.
I design and create vintage style jewelry and accessories.
In my free time I'm a magpie, I really love scouting for vintage bargains. I do try to reduce my carbon foot print and spend as little as possible, therefore I rather buy vintage and second hand. This blog is my personal space where I write about my frugal lifestyle, finds and creations. Hopefully you will be inspired to do something creative too.